Wednesday

It's All Fun and Games Until Somebody....

We headed to the Fairhope park this weekend to feed the ducks with Hampton.
He had a great time climbing on the bridge....

....running around squealing.....

...and chasing the ducks. That is, until...

...he ran straight into one of the ponds and got soaking wet! Ahh...little boys!

Monday

Pirates Cove

Friday night, we decided to treat Tanner's parents to dinner since Bob had just totally refurbished a dresser for us that we found on the side of the road. It was so ugly, but with lots of wood glue and some really pretty paint, it now looks like a million bucks and is storing all the Monogrammed Monkey's accessories. Anyway, we decided to head out to Pirate's Cove and enjoy burgers on the water. Hampton loved wandering down the dock and loved the dogs that roam freely all over the place. He did tell one dog to "wake up!", though, since it wasn't in the mood for playing with him!


walking down the pier with Granddaddy

Hampton inspecting the sand in his shoes

Friday

Happy Fall, Y'all!

It's finally here....our favorite time of year! The weather is cooler, the crowds are gone, and there are tons of activities to enjoy. Here are just a few of the things we're looking forward to this year...
  • cardigans and furry slippers
  • seasonal drinks at Starbucks like Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate & Pumpkin Spice Latte
  • visiting the pumpkin patch
  • new fall TV shows (even though we have no time to watch them!)
  • chili and homemade soups
  • the Shrimp Festival
  • Hampton's birthday
  • feeding the ducks in Fairhope
  • changing leaves
  • fall scented candles
  • football, football, and more football
  • cute fall appliques
  • Supper Club
  • fall decorations
  • our 1st Thanksgiving at home
We hope everyone has a wonderfully fun Fall, filled with all the sights and smells of the season!

Thursday

Happy Birthdays!

Today is cousin Jack's 3rd birthday and Saturday is his mom's (ahem) 30th.
We wish them both very happy days!

Hampton's reaction to singing the birthday song to Jack

The little birthday boy and his mommy, with his daddy thrown in for good measure!

Wednesday

Hampton's Favorite Game

Hampton's new fave "game" is making the music play on his activity table, then running around in circles while the music plays. He especially likes to have people join in the fun, even though it tends to make adults quite dizzy running in circles. The funniest part is, if you aren't going fast enough for his liking, he'll push you and say "Go! Go!".

Tuesday

Friday

Friday Photo and Week In Review

This has been a whirlwind week! We didn't make it home from Birmingham until almost 11pm on Sunday night, thanks to getting stuck behind an accident on I-65. Luckily, no one had life-threatening injuries, but we did watch the LifeFlight helicopter land & the Homeland Security trucks whiz past us.

Monday, Tanner woke up sick and spent all day trying to get over it. Wednesday, we headed to Mobile for Sesame Street Live, which was really cute. Hampton LOVED it! We'll share more photos of it next week. Hopefully after this week, we'll be back to our regular Wednesday night church schedule.

Monogramming has been crazy this week, with lots of orders, pick-ups, and drop-offs. Not to mention that at some point, we're going to have to find a place for and learn to use our new 6-needle machine that is sitting in our bedroom! We've also done story time at the library, play time at Grandi's house, Tanner had her first fall Junior Womens' Club meeting, and Bo has been super-busy trying to figure out all the new stuff about the new commercial machine his shop purchased. Right now, it's looking like a trip to Atlanta and Virginia are in his future!

We're looking forward to a weekend of great football, nice weather, and getting stuff together for our neighborhood yard sale coming up later in the fall. Oh, and maybe some time to rest, too!